I know that alot of you thru drill with your lathes.....how many do it with a drill press? I am having a ton of trouble with my thru-drilling using my drill press still.....my lathe has a mt#1 taper, and I am having trouble finding a chuck with that taper....most are mt#2....so I guess my question is, what types of tricks or jigs do you guys use to be more efficient? the drill bits I have are either too long or too short to use with the press....I usually can figure this stuff out but, this one has me baffled..I used the search in the forum but....I am missing something on this...any help or suggestions? Thanks !!

never mind...just ordered a chuck for the lathe....whats another 40 bucks at this point

you didnt go to plugfest?

no....missed it this year

Give me a shout ,I'll let you know when I'll be in the shop & you can come by and I'll show you how to do it.

no....missed it this year

I was unable to attend this year also- sadly

the reason i asked was because i believe
there was a drill thru demonstration.

Thanks Mike....I'll be by soon